SPRING CLEANING.
As homes become simpler and laboursaving devices come into more general uso, tho ideal of perfect cleanliness becomes steadily more practicable. There is no reason why wo should not have perfectly clean homes if we do not attempt a task beyond our powers. Have everything of tho very simplest and nothing that wc do not require. Clean everything at regular intervals. Clean houses are really no trouble to keep clean. And in clean homes are nearly always to bo found healthy and Cheerful inhabitants. Don't try to clean your rooms with dirty brushes and brooms. 1 hey store and carry germs and all kinds of infection. On washing day plunge tlieui into the hot suds, rinse thoroughly and dry in tho open air. 'I bis toughens them and makes them last longer. Brushes should bo hung up when not in uso. If left standing tho bristles got bent and will not do their work properly. Scrubbing brushes should be rinsod and left to dry on their sides.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20372, 28 September 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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169SPRING CLEANING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20372, 28 September 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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